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Manual: Department of Defense
Manual: Department of Defense
Manual: Department of Defense
MANUAL
NUMBER 6055.09-M, Volume 7
February 29, 2008
Administratively Reissued August 4, 2010
USD(AT&L)
SUBJECT: DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards: Criteria for Unexploded
Ordnance, Munitions Response, Waste Military Munitions, and Material
Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard
V7.1. PURPOSE
V7.1.1. Manual. This Manual is composed of several volumes, each containing its own
purpose, and administratively reissues DoD 6055.09-STD (Reference (a)). The purpose of the
overall Manual, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directives 5134.01 and 6055.9E
(References (b) and (c)), is to establish explosives safety standards (hereafter referred to as
“standards”) for the Department of Defense.
V7.1.1.1. These standards are designed to manage risks associated with DoD-titled
ammunition and explosives (AE) by providing protection criteria to minimize serious injury, loss
of life, and damage to property.
V7.1.1.2. Due to the size and complexity of this Manual, alternate paragraph numbering
has been approved for use throughout. The initial numeric set (V#) refers to the volume number
within the Manual; the second set (E#) refers to the enclosure number; and subsequent numbers
refer to the section, paragraph, and subparagraph numbers. If there is no E#, the reference is to a
section above the signature of the volume.
V7.1.2. Volume. This Volume provides criteria for unexploded ordnance (UXO), munitions
response, waste military munitions, and material potentially presenting an explosive hazard
(MPPEH).
V7.2.1.1. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the
“DoD Components”).
V7.2.1.3. DoD personnel and property when potentially endangered by known host-
nation or off-installation AE hazards.
V7.2.1.4. DoD facilities siting and construction, except as indicated in paragraph V7.2.2.
V7.2.2. Provided the documentation requirements of paragraph V7.E2.3.5. are met, does not
apply to:
V7.2.2.2. Those planned facilities that do not meet these standards, but have been
certified by the Heads of the DoD Components (see section V1.E3.4.) as essential for operational
or other compelling reasons.
V7.2.2.3. Other situations that, upon analysis by the Heads of the DoD Components and
the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB), are determined to provide the
required degree of safety through use of protective construction or other specialized safety
features.
V7.3. DEFINITIONS
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V7.4. POLICY. As established in Reference (c) and consistent with peacetime, contingency, or
wartime operational requirements and corresponding DoD military munitions requirements from
the broadest and most fundamental explosives safety management (ESM) perspective, it is DoD
policy to:
V7.4.1. Provide the maximum possible protection to people and property from the potential
damaging effects of DoD military munitions (explosive and chemical). Applying the standards
herein provides only the minimum protection criteria for personnel and property, and greater
protection should always be provided when practicable.
V7.4.2. Minimize exposures consistent with safe and efficient operations (i.e., expose the
minimum number of people for the minimum time to the minimum amount of explosives or
chemical agents (CAs)).
V7.6. PROCEDURES. See Enclosures 3 through 6. Criteria provided in this Manual are given
in English units (e.g., foot or feet (ft), pounds (lbs), pounds per square inch (psi)), with metric
equivalents shown in brackets (e.g., meters (m), kilograms (kg), kilopascals (kPa)).
V7.7. RELEASABILITY. UNLIMITED. This Volume is approved for public release and is
available on the Internet from the DoD Issuances Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
V7.8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Volume is effective upon its publication to the DoD Issuances
Website.
Enclosures
1. References
2. Responsibilities
3. UXO
4. Real Property Known or Suspected to Contain MEC and CAs
5. Special Storage Procedures for Waste Military Munitions
6. MPPEH
Glossary
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SCOPE .......................................................................................................................................8
GENERAL .................................................................................................................................8
DISPOSITION OF UXO AND OF OTHER MILITARY MUNITIONS BEING
MANAGED AS UXO .......................................................................................................10
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS..............................................................................................12
ACCESS TO AREAS KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO CONTAIN UXO.............................15
IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL ....................................................................................17
MSD FOR UXO ......................................................................................................................17
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.................................................................................................18
SCOPE .....................................................................................................................................20
EXPLOSIVES SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL
OF AREAS KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO CONTAIN MEC OR CAs ........................21
EXPLOSIVES AND CA SAFETY ASPECTS OF RESPONSE ACTIONS..........................22
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS..............................................................................................26
REQUIRED SAFETY SUBMISSIONS (ESS, CSS, AND EXPLOSIVES OR CWM
SITE PLANS .....................................................................................................................32
AMENDMENTS AND CORRECTIONS ...............................................................................44
AAR .........................................................................................................................................45
TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF DoD CONTROL .................................46
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SCOPE .....................................................................................................................................53
FUNCTIONS ...........................................................................................................................53
COLLECTED MPPEH ............................................................................................................53
GLOSSARY ..................................................................................................................................56
TABLES
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ENCLOSURE 1
REFERENCES
(a) DoD 6055.09-STD, “DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards,” February 29,
2008 (cancelled by Volume 1 of this Manual)
(b) DoD Directive 5134.01, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics (USD(AT&L)),” December 9, 2005
(c) DoD Directive 6055.9E, “Explosives Safety Management and the DoD Explosives Safety
Board,” August 19, 2005
(d) Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board, Technical Paper 15, “Approved
Protective Construction,” May 2010 1
(e) Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board, Technical Paper 16, “Methodologies for
Calculating Primary Fragment Characteristics,” April 1, 20091
(f) Section 1512 of title 50, United States Code
(g) Management Guidance for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP)
Guidance, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations & Environment
(DUSD(I&E)), September 2001 2
(h) Section 2710 of title 10, United States Code
(i) Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board, Technical Paper 18, “Minimum
Qualifications for Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technicians and Personnel,”
December 20, 20041
(j) DoD Instruction 4165.72, “Real Property Disposal,” December 21, 2007
(k) Subpart EE, parts 264 and 265; subpart M, part 266; and subpart 266.205 of title 40, Code
of Federal Regulations
(l) Section 6901 of title 42, United States Code
(m) DoD Instruction 4140.62, “Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard,”
November 25, 2008
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Available at http://www.ddesb.pentagon.mil/techpapers.html.
2
Available at https://www.denix.osd.mil/portal/page/portal/content/environment/cleanup/LA/Cleanup/guida.html.
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ENCLOSURE 2
RESPONSIBILITIES
V7.E2.2. CHAIRMAN, DDESB. The Chairman, DDESB, shall report to the Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment (DUSD(I&E)) and, on behalf of the
USD(AT&L) and the DUSD(I&E), shall collaborate with the Military Service-appointed voting
DDESB members to maintain explosives safety standards.
V7.E2.3. HEADS OF THE DoD COMPONENTS. The Heads of the DoD Components shall:
V7.E2.3.2. Comply with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. Where this
Manual conflicts with such laws and regulations, ensure the safety of DoD personnel and the
public while complying and notify the Chairman, DDESB, through the Component’s board
member, of the conflict. These standards are not intended to be so rigid as to prevent the DoD
Components from accomplishing their assigned missions.
V7.E2.3.3. Issue DoD Component guidance that implements these standards and provides
DoD Component unique requirements.
V7.E2.3.4. Send a copy of any implementing and supplementary guidance to these standards
to the Chairman, DDESB.
V7.E2.3.5.1. The effective date the applicable DoD explosives safety standards were
first published.
V7.E2.3.5.2. The date the deviant facility was either approved, from an explosives safety
viewpoint, for use or was first used in the deviating manner.
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ENCLOSURE 3
UXO
V7.E3.1. SCOPE. This enclosure establishes standards to protect personnel and property from
explosive and CA hazards (see Volume 6, Enclosure 4) associated with UXO or other military
munitions, to include discarded military munitions (DMM), that have experienced abnormal
environments. This enclosure’s standards do not apply during contingencies, combat operations,
and military operations other than war; however, these explosives safety principles should
always be considered in such circumstances and applied as the situation allows.
V7.E3.2. GENERAL
V7.E3.2.1. UXO are considered the most dangerous category of military munitions.
However, other military munitions, to include DMM, that are encountered outside the DoD
munitions logistics management system, particularly those that have experienced an abnormal
environment, should be considered equally dangerous and managed as UXO until assessed and
determined otherwise by technically qualified personnel (i.e., explosive ordnance disposal
(EOD) personnel, EOD-qualified U.S. Army Forces Command/20th Support Command/22nd
Chemical Battalion personnel and, when specifically authorized by a DoD Component, UXO-
qualified personnel). Military munitions that have experienced abnormal environments include,
but are not limited to, munitions remaining after attempted demilitarization by open burning
(OB) or open detonation (OD); munitions involved in accidents or fires; and munitions or
components subjected to certain tests (e.g., fuze arming tests, jolt, and jumble tests) that might
cause arming. U.S. Army Forces Command/20th Support Command/22nd Chemical Battalion is
manned with specially trained personnel that provide verification, sampling, detection,
mitigation, render safe, decontamination, packaging, escort, and remediation of chemical,
biological, and industrial devices or hazardous materials.
V7.E3.2.1.1. UXO will most likely be found in areas that the Department of Department
currently uses (e.g., operational ranges) or once used (e.g., former ranges) for military munitions
training or testing. For a variety of reasons, UXO can also be encountered in other areas, to
include where contingency, combat, or military operations other than war have occurred.
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munitions management systems (e.g., UXO, DMM) shall be managed as UXO until assessed,
identified, and evaluated as to their explosive or CA hazards and determined otherwise by
technically qualified personnel. Munitions that contain an unknown liquid fill shall also be
managed as chemical warfare material (CWM) until assessed and the fill determined.
V7.E3.2.2.1. Only EOD personnel and, in some cases, U.S. Army Forces Command/20th
Support Command/22nd Chemical Battalion personnel will respond to military or civilian
authority requests for support to an explosives or munitions emergency.
V7.E3.2.2.2. For responses that either involve recovered chemical warfare material
(RCWM) or munitions that contain an unknown liquid fill, U.S. Army Forces Command/20th
Support Command/22nd Chemical Battalion personnel and, in cases where the munitions’
physical characteristics allow positive identification, EOD personnel, are the only DoD
personnel authorized to determine the most probable fill of such munitions. The determination
as to whether certain munitions contain a CA fill is difficult, if not impossible, solely by visual
inspection.
V7.E3.2.2.2.2. Munitions with an external design that does not always allow positive
visual identification of their filler include, but may not be limited to: 4.2-inch mortars (M1, M2,
and the M2A1 models) and Livens projectiles (MKII (M1) and MKIIAI) models. U.S. Army
Forces Command/20th Support Command/22nd Chemical Battalion personnel and, in some
cases, EOD personnel, are the only DoD personnel authorized to determine the most probable fill
of these munitions.
V7.E3.2.3. Discovery of military munitions (e.g., UXO) outside the DoD munitions logistics
management system might indicate, in some circumstances that a munitions response (see
Enclosure 4 of this volume) or other protective measures are warranted. The DoD Components
shall notify the Chairman, DDESB, and their respective Service-level explosives safety office of:
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V7.E3.3.1. The Department of Defense is responsible for protecting people, property, and
the environment from potential explosive hazards (e.g., blast and fragmentation) or CA hazards
(e.g., downwind hazards) associated with DoD-owned UXO. The Department of Defense is
equally responsible for protecting personnel who respond to address such hazards.
V7.E3.3.2. The DoD Components shall work collaboratively with environmental regulators
and safety officials toward resolving, in a mutually agreeable manner, any concerns with the
planned disposition of UXO during a response action; however, the protection of people, to
include DoD response personnel, from the hazards associated with the discovered munitions and
their disposition is paramount.
V7.E3.3.3. There are no safe procedures for moving, rendering safe, or destroying UXO, but
merely procedures considered less dangerous. Destruction-in-place (also referred to as blow-in-
place (BIP)) is the least dangerous; therefore, it is the preferred method of UXO destruction.
V7.E3.3.4. DoD response actions to address UXO must comply with these standards and
other applicable DoD policies and with applicable Federal, State, interstate, and local laws and
regulations, and any enforceable agreements. The DoD Components must ensure that, if not
already in place, protective measures (e.g., site security) are implemented as quickly as
practicable following discovery of UXO or other munitions outside the DoD munitions logistics
management system. Should environmental regulators and safety officials have concerns
regarding the sufficiency of the protective measures to be taken, these concerns should be raised
to the appropriate-level DoD authority for resolution. Protective measures must be maintained
throughout any delay caused by:
V7.E3.3.4.2. The need to address concerns raised by environmental regulators and safety
officials about:
V7.E3.3.4.2.1. Methods for managing any potential adverse impacts (e.g., harming
endangered species, damaging cultural resources) of implementing a pending BIP operation.
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V7.E3.3.5. Military munitions known to contain CAs or that contain or are suspected to
contain an unknown liquid fill will not normally be destroyed by OD because they pose potential
downwind CA hazards. The responsible DoD Component (normally the Department of the
Army), no lower than the Deputy Assistant Secretary level, may approve individual exceptions.
Such exceptions should only be approved after discussions (see paragraph V7.E3.3.2.) with
appropriate elected representatives, environmental regulators, and safety officials from those
communities that could potentially be impacted by the munitions’ disposition. The DoD
Components must make sure that protective measures to ensure explosives safety are maintained
during any delay in disposition.
V7.E3.3.6. UXO shall not be moved unless technically qualified personnel determine that
the risks associated with movement are acceptable. During munitions responses, specifically
authorized UXO-qualified personnel may make this determination. Although environmental
regulators and safety officials recognize the expertise of DoD personnel involved in UXO
disposition decisions, they may challenge a DoD field expert’s decision and seek to elevate their
concerns to higher levels of authority for resolution. (See paragraphs V7.E3.3.2. and V7.E3.3.4.)
V7.E3.3.6.1. If technically qualified personnel determine that the risk associated with
movement is unacceptable, or if the munitions’ condition precludes a complete assessment
beyond positive identification of any potential explosive hazard or determination that it does not
present a CA hazard, then it should be BIP.
V7.E3.3.7. Under some circumstances, when BIP does not pose an immediate, certain, and
unacceptable risk to people, critical operations, facilities, or equipment, environmental regulators
and safety officials may seek collaboration (see paragraph V7.E3.3.2.) with the DoD
Components to mutually agree to mitigation measures to reduce potential impacts of the pending
BIP to public safety, the environment, and cultural resources. (See paragraph V7.E3.3.4.)
V7.E3.3.8. When BIP poses an immediate, certain, and unacceptable risk to people, critical
operations, facilities, or equipment, EOD personnel may determine that render safe procedures
(RSPs) should be attempted.
V7.E3.3.8.1. Because the application of RSPs exposes EOD personnel to added risks
(greater than BIP), the application of RSPs shall only be attempted in limited circumstances.
V7.E3.3.8.2. Should EOD personnel employ RSPs, protective measures shall be applied
to mitigate potential explosive effects and, when necessary, a possible CA release.
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V7.E3.3.8.4. EOD personnel shall perform RSPs per Joint Service EOD Technical Data.
V7.E3.3.8.4.1. Conflicts between this Manual and the Joint Service EOD Technical
Data should be raised to the Chairman, DDESB, and to the Joint EOD Program Board for
resolution.
V7.E3.3.8.4.2. When the condition of UXO (e.g., crushed, bent, broken, mangled)
precludes strict adherence to published procedures, onsite EOD personnel will determine and
perform the procedure—established or innovative—that will have the most probable degree of
success to render the munitions safe while mitigating potential explosive or, when necessary, CA
effects.
V7.E3.3.9. The onsite EOD supervisor or, in the case of munitions responses, the UXO
safety officer, shall ensure that the detonation site is inspected after each detonation or any
misfire. No one shall be allowed within minimum separation distance (MSD) from the
detonation site until the onsite EOD supervisor or UXO safety officer declares the area is safe.
V7.E3.3.10. When EOD personnel or, in the case of munitions responses, authorized UXO-
personnel, positively identify UXO as to its explosive hazard and determine it safe to dispose of
by other than BIP or immediate destruction by detonation, either in the general vicinity of
discovery or at a designated location, then technically qualified personnel or an appropriate-level
DoD authority with the advice of technically qualified personnel may evaluate a variety of safe
disposition alternatives and options for managing any potentially adverse impact of the selected
disposition alternative. (See paragraph V7.E3.3.2.)
V7.E3.4.1.1. Disassembly and inerting operations shall not be conducted without proper
authorization.
V7.E3.4.1.2. The DoD Components must establish procedures for authorizing such
operations.
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V7.E3.4.3.1. When anomaly avoidance is used during training (e.g., maneuver training,
live-fire training), testing, or operational range management activities conducted on such
properties, the commander responsible for such activities will ensure:
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V7.E3.4.3.1.1. A risk assessment to evaluate the potential hazards associated with the
proposed activities is completed and methods to mitigate any potential exposures are
implemented.
V7.E3.4.3.2. When anomaly avoidance is used during other than training or testing
activities, or during activities involving other than operational range management activities:
V7.E3.4.3.2.1. Surface UXO must be avoided during any activities that require entry
to the area (e.g., conducting cultural resource studies).
V7.E3.4.3.2.2. Surface UXO and subsurface anomalies must be avoided during any
intrusive work (e.g., drilling environmental monitoring wells).
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V7.E3.5.1. Prohibit unnecessary access (e.g., livestock grazing, recreational uses such as
hunting and hiking) and take appropriate action to deter unauthorized access to areas under DoD
control that are known or suspected to contain UXO or other munitions that have experienced
abnormal environments.
V7.E3.5.1.1. Access to such areas, particularly operational range impact areas, shall be
limited to personnel who have an operational requirement to enter such areas (e.g., range
maintenance, environmental monitoring, and security). A risk assessment to evaluate the
potential hazards associated with the proposed activity shall be completed and methods to
mitigate any potential exposures shall be implemented before allowing access.
V7.E3.5.1.2. Actions to prohibit or deter access may include establishing access controls
(e.g., fencing the area, establishing roving security patrols) and providing public notifications
(e.g., posting UXO hazard warning signs, conducting UXO safety education programs) of any
potential hazards. When used, signs must be legible and, when appropriate, multilingual or
pictograms.
V7.E3.5.2. When the Department of Defense does not control the area (e.g., FUDS), at a
minimum, provide written notification to the property owner and, if known, any tenants of the
potential explosive and CA hazards present. A record of this notification must be maintained in
permanent records.
V7.E3.5.3. Assume the following areas contain UXO or other munitions that have
experienced abnormal environments:
V7.E3.5.3.1. Operational range impact areas, to include their associated safety zones
(e.g., caution area, safety buffer zone). Exceptions include, but are not limited to, ranges used
exclusively for training with small arms ammunition.
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V7.E3.5.4.2. Approved ESS, chemical safety submission (CSS), or site plan for
munitions responses. (See Enclosure 4 of this Volume.)
V7.E3.5.6. Develop guidelines to determine when individuals, who for operational reasons
(e.g., environmental monitoring), are authorized access to areas under DoD control that are
known or suspected to contain UXO, must be escorted into the area in accordance with (IAW)
subparagraph V7.E3.4.3.2.3.
V7.E3.5.7. Establish UXO safety education programs to educate DoD personnel, their
dependents, and private citizens that live near areas known or suspected to contain UXO about
explosive hazards and, when appropriate, CA hazards associated with UXO, and with the risks
associated with trespassing on operational ranges or with entering areas known or suspected to
contain UXO.
V7.E3.5.8. Prior to changing the use of a property known or suspected to contain UXO or
munitions that have experienced abnormal environments to a use that is incompatible with their
presence:
V7.E3.5.8.2. For areas on DoD property, other than operational ranges, perform an
appropriate munitions response.
V7.E3.5.8.3. For property not under DoD control, upon learning of a proposed change in
use or pertinent munitions response action, offer to engage in munitions response activities only
to the extent necessary to ensure planned response actions afford protectiveness from an
explosives and CA safety perspective. The DoD engagement in such munitions response
activities may be limited to explosives safety experts providing basic guidance and advice during
applicable deliberations, decision making, and approval activities unless additional DoD services
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are arranged through contractual or reimbursement mechanisms between the DoD Components
and other responsible parties.
V7.E3.7.1. The MSD for intentional detonations (see Volume 5, Enclosure 3, which may be
reduced if supported by a hazard assessment or when using approved engineering controls (ECs)
listed in EOD publications (for explosives or munitions emergency responses), DDESB
Technical Paper 15 (Reference (d)), or other DDESB-approved ECs (for munitions responses), is
the greatest distance of:
V7.E3.7.2. The MSD for unintentional detonations (see Volumes 3, 4, and 5), which may be
reduced if supported by a hazard assessment or when approved ECs are employed, for:
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V7.E3.8.1.1. UXO. Before UXO that may pose an explosive or CA hazard may be
transported or shipped over public transportation routes, EOD personnel must determine whether
the UXO is safe for transport. (For MPPEH, see subparagraph V7.E6.3.3.2.) A determination
that the UXO is safe for transport must be documented in the EOD incident report. A copy of
the incident report must accompany the shipment.
V7.E3.8.2.2. Senior firefighting personnel should carefully assess whether to fight a fire
involving areas that are known or suspected to contain explosive or CA hazards. Factors to
consider include, but are not limited, to: the types of munitions that might be present; the safety
of firefighting personnel and of the public; the potential loss of critical assets; and the duration
and intensity of the fire.
V7.E3.8.2.2.1. When the decision is made not to fight such fires, the area should be
evacuated and remain so until it has cooled for at least 24 hours. (See paragraph V1.E10.5.2.)
V7.E3.8.2.2.2. When the decision is made to fight such fires, all firefighters involved
in fighting the fire should be provided basic safety training for fighting fires involving military
munitions.
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V7.E3.8.4. Technology
V7.E3.8.4.2. The use of remotely operated equipment (e.g., excavators, sifters, and
shredders) or other standoff technologies (e.g., lasers) may offer the safest approach for
excavating and destroying UXO and should be considered.
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V7.E4.1.1. Establishes explosives safety standards that, when applied, will protect people
and real property from explosive and CA hazards associated with:
V7.E4.1.1.1.1. MEC.
V7.E4.1.2. Establishes a process for determining site-specific actions that, when taken, will:
V7.E4.1.3.1. Operational ranges, with the exception of military munitions burial sites
located on such ranges.
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V7.E4.2.1.1. In installation master plans for active installations. (In some cases, these
areas are also required to be identified in other documents.)
V7.E4.2.1.2. In the DoD Military Munitions Response Site Inventory for those sites that
are included in the Military Munitions Response Program (see Management Guidance for the
Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) (Reference (g)) and section 2710(a) of title
10 U.S.C. (Reference (h))).
V7.E4.2.2.1. When practicable, include the nomenclature and the known or suspected
location.
V7.E4.2.3. Prohibit unnecessary access and take appropriate action to deter unauthorized
access to areas under DoD control that are known or suspected of containing potential explosive
or CA hazards. Such actions may include establishing access controls (e.g., fencing the area,
establishing roving security patrols), which may be risk-based, or providing public notifications
of any potential hazards (e.g., posting UXO-hazard warning signs, conducting UXO-safety
education programs). When used, signs must be kept legible and, when appropriate, in the
predominant languages of the region, or as pictograms. When the Department of Defense does
not exercise jurisdiction, custody, or control over the area (e.g., FUDS), the responsible DoD
Component shall, at a minimum, provide written notification of the potential explosive or CA
hazards to the property owner and any known tenants. A record of this notification must be
maintained as a permanent record. (See paragraph V7.E4.2.2.)
V7.E4.2.3.1. The DoD Components should, unless there is evidence to the contrary,
assume the following areas present explosive hazards:
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V7.E4.2.3.2. The DoD Components should, unless there is evidence to the contrary,
assume the following areas present CA hazards:
V7.E4.2.3.2.4. Former training areas used for training with CWM or CAs.
V7.E4.2.4. Prohibit the disposal (e.g., burying, dumping) of military munitions on land or in
water except when specifically authorized by the DoD Component. Such disposal actions must
comply with applicable regulatory requirements. This prohibition does not preclude:
V7.E4.2.4.1. The covering of munitions with earth to control fragments and noise during
authorized destruction by detonation.
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V7.E4.3.1. General
V7.E4.3.1.1.3. Provide the design for and explain the execution of:
V7.E4.3.1.1.4. Explain how the selected response actions will achieve a degree of
protectiveness necessary for the current, determined, or reasonably anticipated future land use.
V7.E4.3.1.1.7. Provide for the submission of an after action report (AAR) to the
DDESB upon completion of the response. AARs are not provided for DDESB approval, but are
used to close out files maintained by the DDESB Staff.
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V7.E4.3.1.2.1. Some areas that the military has used for munitions-related activities
(e.g., live-fire training or testing, OB or OD) or for CA-related activities may not be appropriate,
even after the performance of response activities, for certain uses (e.g., residential development).
Such areas include former military range impact areas on which the military has used munitions
containing either high explosives or CAs and sites used for either OB or OD. Such areas may,
after a response, be better suited for uses that restrict or limit intrusive activities (e.g., wildlife
refuges, surface recreational areas).
V7.E4.3.1.3. When DoD does not control the land and the imposition of LUC is not
possible (e.g., on FUDS), the responsible DoD Component should, at a minimum, provide the
property owner, and any known tenants, written notification of the potential residual explosive or
CA hazards and the risks inherent in any use of property that is inconsistent with those hazards.
V7.E4.3.2. Explosives Safety and CA Safety Aspects in the Selection and Design of
Responses. Explosives safety must be addressed in the selection and design of a munitions
response to MEC. CA safety, and when applicable, explosives safety must be addressed in the
selection and design of a CWM response. The protection afforded by a response must be
consistent with the current, determined, or reasonably anticipated land use. The design of the
response that is included in the required submission must consider the following site-specific
information:
V7.E4.3.2.1.1. The boundaries of the response area. For munitions responses, the
munitions response area (MRA) boundaries and, when appropriate, the boundaries of any
munitions response sites (MRSs) (e.g., firing points, impact areas, and burial sites) within the
MRA are required.
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V7.E4.3.2.2. Land Use. Land use is the current, determined, or reasonably anticipated
future use of real property. Because portions of the response area (e.g., the MRA or MRS) might
be used differently (e.g., public highway, wildlife refuge, sports field, industrial complex),
different responses actions (e.g., surface removal, subsurface removal, no removal, remedial
response) may be appropriate within any given response area.
V7.E4.3.2.2.1. Where the land use is, or will be, limited to surface activities, the
munitions or CWM response may only involve removing surface MEC or surface CAs (i.e., a
surface removal). This removal may be technology aided.
V7.E4.3.2.2.2. When the land use will involve or allow intrusive activities to occur,
the response will normally require a subsurface removal, and may require follow-on construction
support.
V7.E4.3.2.4. Analysis. A detailed analysis of available records, technical data, and the
results of onsite investigations. This analysis should evaluate:
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V7.E4.4.1.2. The net explosive weight for quantity-distance (NEWQD) of explosive soil
is the weight of the mixture multiplied by the explosives concentration (e.g., 1,000 lbs [454 kg]
of explosive soil that is 10 percent trinitrotoluene (TNT) has an NEWQD of 100 lbs [45.4 kg]).
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V7.E4.4.2. Real Property (Buildings and Installed Equipment). Military munitions operating
buildings (e.g., munitions production or demilitarization facilities) and any installed equipment
may contain residual explosives that present an explosive hazard. Of particular concern are
building features (e.g., floors, roofs, walls, drains, internal and external piping, ventilation
systems) in which explosives residues could present explosive hazards and industrial equipment,
particularly equipment with internal cavities from facilities used in munitions production or
demilitarization operations (e.g., cast loading or milling, steam-out) that generated explosives
residues (e.g., dust, vapors, liquids). To the extent such buildings or installed equipment is
believed to present an explosive or CA hazard, the DoD Components must submit to the DDESB
for review and approval the explosives or CA safety provisions of any required plans for transfer
or use of such buildings and installed equipment before use or transfer for purposes incompatible
with the presence of the explosive hazard (see Enclosure 6 of this Volume).
V7.E4.4.3.1. The DoD Components should consider the level of construction support
required, based on site-specific data, during the following activities:
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V7.E4.4.4.1.2. in such areas while avoiding surface explosive or CA hazards and, when
necessary, subsurface anomalies. Anomaly avoidance is used when:
V7.E4.4.4.1.2. Subsurface anomalies will be avoided during any intrusive work (e.g.,
drilling environmental monitoring wells).
V7.E4.4.5. Frost Heave. This phenomenon occurs when three conditions are met: (a)
freezing temperatures are present in the soil column; (b) the soil is frost susceptible; and (c) there
is sufficient moisture present in the soil to cause soil movement upon ice crystal formation.
These three factors will be evaluated to assess the likelihood of frost heave moving residual
MEC or CAs, regardless of CA configuration, upward through the soil column. Where frost
heave may have such an effect, explosives safety requires procedures be implemented to monitor
the effectiveness of response actions for the affected area. Other naturally occurring phenomena
(e.g., erosion, tidal changes) could necessitate similar monitoring.
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V7.E4.4.6.2. Soil for which no evidence exists of CA contamination does not require
treatment or remediation.
V7.E4.4.6.3. An appendix to the site’s Site Safety and Health Plan that addresses the
procedures (e.g., personnel protection, monitoring, sampling, packaging, and disposal) for the
handling and disposition of CA-contaminated soil is required for environmental responses to soil
known or suspected to be contaminated with CAs.
V7.E4.4.6.4. Air-sampling methods will be used to detect CAs during CWM responses.
When soil contaminated with CAs is encountered and an air concentration is at or above the
STEL based on off-gas monitoring of the headspace of a container or of air in the immediate area
of the operation, appropriate personnel protective measures shall be employed and the CA-
contaminated soil shall be decontaminated to below the HWCL levels of subparagraph
V7.E4.4.6.4.2. unless the CA-contaminated soil may be shipped per DoT regulations and
approvals and a receiving Treatment Storage Disposal Facility is qualified to process the CA-
contaminated soil per Federal, State, interstate, and local laws and regulations. If air monitoring
is below the STEL, soil samples will be taken to determine if the soil exceeds the HWCL.
V7.E4.4.6.4.1.1. 0.003 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) for mustard agent
(2,2’ dich1orodiethyl sulfide (common name is distilled mustard) (H/HD) or 60 percent HD and
40 percent 2,2’ dichloroethylthiodiethyl ether (common name is mustard-T mixture) (H/HT)).
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V7.E4.4.6.6. Soil that is found to be below the HWCL, but above the levels of
subparagraph V7.E4.4.6.7., shall be disposed of as hazardous waste per Federal, State, interstate,
and local laws and regulations or treated by an approved, licensed treatment or disposal facility
to the levels of subparagraph V7.E4.4.6.7.
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V7.E4.5.1.1. A DDESB-approved site plan, ESS, or CSS before the start of munitions
response activities (e.g., field activities) that involve the placement of explosives on a site; the
intentional physical contact with MEC or CAs, regardless of CA configuration; or the conduct of
ground-disturbing or other intrusive activities in areas known or suspected to contain MEC or
CAs, regardless of CA configuration; or
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V7.E4.5.3.4. Munitions responses on former ranges used exclusively for training with
small arms ammunition.
V7.E4.5.5. NDAI or NOFA ESS or CSS. When a NDAI or NOFA decision is made for an
MRA or MRS or for a response area, an ESS or CSS must, at a minimum, provide:
V7.E4.5.6. TCRA ESS or CSS. To expedite the approval process, the DoD Components are
encouraged to submit a TCRA ESS or CSS electronically through their chain of command to the
DDESB. A TCRA ESS or CSS must, at a minimum, identify or provide:
V7.E4.5.6.3. The TCRA’s purpose, in sufficient detail to explain the reason the TCRA
was authorized.
V7.E4.5.6.4.1. Initiated.
V7.E4.5.6.4.2. Completed.
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V7.E4.5.6.6.1. The removal area within an MRA or MRS or within a response area
for:
V7.E4.5.8.1. Background. The ESS must provide, for informational purposes, a brief
description of the reasons for the munitions response. The ESS must identify or provide:
V7.E4.5.8.2. Maps. The following maps and related information must be furnished:
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V7.E4.5.8.2.1. Regional Map. A map depicting the regional location of the MRA or
MRS (e.g., a state or boundary illustration map with the MRA indicated on it).
V7.E4.5.8.2.2. MRA or MRS Maps. Maps of the area or areas at which the
munitions response is planned. These maps and related information shall indicate:
V7.E4.5.8.2.2.1.3. The ESS does not address, but that either a previous safety
submission addressed or a future safety submission will address.
V7.E4.5.8.3. ESQD
V7.E4.5.8.3.2. ESQD Maps. ESQD arcs for both intentional and unintentional
detonations must be established and shown on ESQD maps for each MRS.
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V7.E4.5.8.3.7. ESQD Maps. The ESQD arcs and the MRA and MRS boundaries
may be shown on the same map provided all potential explosion sites (PESs) and exposed sites
(ESs) are shown in sufficient detail.
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V7.E4.5.8.3.7.2. When a map does not contain a scale, all distances must be
labeled.
V7.E4.5.8.3.7.3.4. All ESs and PESs and their relationships. Describe any
protective measures (e.g., evacuation of inhabited buildings, blocking off public highways) that
will be used to eliminate or minimize any exposures within the established exclusion zone.
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V7.E4.5.8.5. Start Date. Provide the expected date that munitions response activities
that involve the placement of explosives on a site, the intentional physical contact with MEC, or
the conduct of ground-disturbing or intrusive activities in areas known or suspected to contain
MEC are scheduled to start. Indicate the potential consequence, if any, if DDESB approval does
not occur by the start date. Site preparation activities (e.g., surveying, gridding, or locating
anomalies) may be conducted while awaiting DDESB approval of an ESS.
V7.E4.5.8.7.2. Identify the types of detection equipment to be used and the areas in
which they will be employed.
V7.E4.5.8.7.3. Summarize methods used (e.g., test plots) to establish the expected
detection capabilities of the equipment used. If anomaly discrimination will be used, explain
what methods will be used to establish the expected accuracy of the discrimination.
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V7.E4.5.8.7.4.2. Address any limitations (e.g., equipment, terrain, soil type) and
mitigating actions, if any.
V7.E4.5.8.11.1. LUCs. The ESS must summarize any LUCs to be implemented and
maintained on the property.
V7.E4.5.8.11.2. Long-term Management. The ESS must address how any potential
residual risks will be managed.
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V7.E4.5.9.1. General
V7.E4.5.9.1.2. A CSS is not required for certain activities on a site with a history of
CA-related activities when an installation or district commander, or a command-designated
representative, has approved a probability assessment finding for such activities stating that the
probability of discovering CAs is expected to be “seldom” or “unlikely.” However, the site
safety and health plan must include contingency plans providing for the safe and expeditious
evacuation of the site in the event a CA is discovered. Should CAs, regardless of configuration,
be discovered during these activities, all onsite activities shall be halted until the need for a
CWM response is evaluated and a decision is approved by the Service-level explosives safety
office. If it is decided that a CWM response is necessary, response actions that involve the
intentional physical contact with a CA, regardless of configuration, and/or the conduct of
ground-disturbing or other intrusive activities in areas known or suspected to contain CAs shall
not begin until the required CSS or CWM site plan is approved by the DDESB.
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V7.E4.5.9.4. Maps. The maps provided with a CSS must meet the requirements of
subparagraph V7.E4.5.8.2. In addition, the One Percent Lethality Distance and the IBD shall be
shown.
V7.E4.5.9.6.2. Suspect and known RCWM shall be managed as HD 1.1 until stowed
in an approved overpack container or until determined not to be RCWM (see subparagraph
V7.E4.5.8.3.3.) or to be non-explosively configured RCWM (see subparagraph V7.E4.5.9.6.4.).
The CA downwind hazard must be considered, with the greater of the two distances used for
siting purposes.
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V7.E4.5.9.7. CWM Site Plan. A DDESB-approved CWM site plan for an IHF is
required when a CA, regardless of configuration, is known or suspected to exist on a response
area. The IHF site plan, which is based on the worst-case CA configuration expected to be
encountered, is included in the CSS. The IHF site plan shall:
V7.E4.5.9.7.3. Address the evacuation procedures for personnel within the PAED.
V7.E4.5.9.7.4. Address any security measures and access controls for the IHF.
V7.E4.5.9.7.5. Address any EC that will be used to mitigate a CA release during IHF
activities, such as:
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V7.E4.6.1.1.1. The amendment pertains to an area (e.g., MRA or MRS) for which an
ESS or CSS has already been approved; and
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V7.E4.6.1.1.2.2. Accepts the possibility that the DDESB approval process may
impose different or additional explosives safety or CA safety requirements.
V7.E4.6.1.2. If the amendment is for a new response area (e.g., a new MRS), then the
DDESB must approve the amendment before intrusive activities begin in the new response area.
V7.E4.6.2. Corrections
V7.E4.7. AAR
V7.E4.7.1. An AAR for completed munitions or CWM responses is a required feature of all
DDESB-approved ESSs or CSSs. The AAR’s purpose is to document that the explosives and
chemical safety aspects of the selected response have been completed per the approved ESS or
CSS. In most cases, a “Statement of MEC Removal” or “Statement of Munitions Response
MEC Removal Actions” fulfills the requirements in subparagraphs V7.E4.7.2.4. through
V7.E4.7.2.8. The DDESB Staff shall acknowledge receipt of an AAR, and raise any issues that
require resolution before land transfer or an alternative use can safely proceed.
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V7.E4.7.2.3. Will remain part of the DDESB’s action file; however, the DoD
Components continue to be responsible for complying with all recordkeeping requirements.
V7.E4.7.2.5. Shall describe the relative effectiveness and any limitations of the
technologies used during the munitions response or CWM response and the effects on residual
risk relative to that originally projected.
V7.E4.7.2.6.2. Areas within a response area (e.g., within an MRA or MRS) where
response actions were not performed and the rationale for not addressing those areas.
V7.E4.7.2.7. Shall summarize the LUCs that were implemented, if any, and the areas to
which they apply.
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V7.E4.8.1.2. Written notification that detection and removal methods are not 100 percent
effective, and that residual hazards may remain in areas (e.g., MRS) that were subjected to
response actions.
V7.E4.8.2.8. Inclusion of the DoD Component explosives and CA safety personnel and
the Chairman, DDESB, in deliberations, decision making, and approvals pertaining to future
munitions response activities to address MEC or CAs, regardless of CA configuration.
V7.E4.8.2.9. Inclusion of the restrictions and conditions in the recorded land records for
the jurisdiction, to the extent allowed by State law.
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ENCLOSURE 5
V7.E5.1.1. The Environmental Protection Agency promulgated the Munitions Rule (MR),
subpart M of part 266 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (Reference (k)) to define
when chemical and conventional military munitions become a solid or hazardous waste and to
provide for the safe storage and transportation of such waste. The MR takes precedence over
these standards. The MR sets forth two approaches for the storage of waste military munitions:
V7.E5.1.1.2. A new RCRA storage unit standard (i.e., subpart EE of parts 264 and 265
of Reference (k)).
V7.E5.1.2. This enclosure establishes additional requirements for storage of waste military
munitions in the United States.
V7.E5.2.1. CE Storage. Waivers and exemptions from this Manual are not authorized for
AE storage facilities (hereafter designated as an ammunition storage unit (ASU)) storing CE
waste military munitions.
V7.E5.2.2. RCRA Storage. Waivers and exemptions from this Manual shall only be
available to the DoD Components storing waste munitions under RCRA unit standards (e.g.,
subpart EE, part 264 of Reference (k)). The approval authority for these waivers and exemptions
is the Secretary of the Military Department, who may delegate the authority no lower than an
assistant secretary.
V7.E5.3.1. 40 CFR 266.205(a) Compliance. The DoD Components shall ensure that waste
military munitions stored under CE comply with subpart 266.205(a) of Reference (k). The MR-
established CE does not apply to toxic CAs or toxic chemical munitions.
V7.E5.3.2. DoD Component Responsibilities. The DoD Components shall ensure that
installations and responsible activities:
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V7.E5.3.2.1.6. The means (e.g., destroyed, demilitarized, and shipped) and date of
disposition.
V7.E5.3.2.1.7. When applicable, the sending and receiving sites for those waste
military munitions received from or shipped to offsite sources.
V7.E5.3.2.3. Clearly mark the physically separated waste military munitions to ensure
proper identification.
V7.E5.3.2.4. Store waste military munitions under CE in ASUs that comply (without
waiver or exemption) with the provisions of this Manual. Each ASU storing waste military
munitions or explosives under CE must be included in a DDESB-approved explosives safety site
plan that the installation keeps on file. Those portions of the site plan addressing ASUs storing
waste military munitions under CE shall be made available to applicable Federal or State
environmental regulatory authorities on request.
V7.E5.3.2.5. Have standard operating procedures or plans (see section V1.E10.6.) that
provide safety, security, and environmental protection. Those plans shall be coordinated with the
applicable Federal, State, and local emergency response authorities (e.g., law enforcement, fire
departments, and hospitals) and any established Local Emergency Planning Committee.
V7.E5.3.3. Loss of CE
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any ASU that might endanger human health or the environment shall result in the immediate loss
of CE for those waste military munitions. Incidents of that nature and the loss of CE require
reporting under section V7.E5.5.
V7.E5.3.3.3. If CE is lost, the waste military munitions are subject to other RCRA
hazardous waste regulations. The installation or responsible activity must obtain any required
RCRA permits because of the loss of CE.
V7.E5.4.1. The DoD Components shall forward to the Chairman, DDESB, a copy of their
implementing standards or regulations pertaining to the storage of waste military munitions.
V7.E5.4.2. Many States regulate waste management activities, including the storage of
waste military munitions. Their authority is based on the waiver of sovereign immunity in
federal environmental laws. Their laws, to the extent they fall within the waivers of sovereign
immunity, take precedence over these standards. If such State regulations conflict with DDESB
or the DoD Components’ explosives safety standards, the affected Component shall attempt to
resolve the conflict. For those issues that cannot be resolved, the DoD Component shall notify
the Chairman, DDESB, through its Board Member if it has one, of any irreconcilable conflict of
State law, regulation, or directive with these or other DoD or Military Component explosives
safety standards.
V7.E5.5.1. Telephonically or, in the case of the DoD Component and the DDESB,
electronically (by email message or facsimile and using the format specified in Volume 1,
Enclosure 4) within 24 hours from the time the installation or responsible activity becomes aware
of any unpermitted or uncontrolled detonation, release, discharge, or migration of waste military
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munitions out of any ASU (e.g., loss or theft, or as a result of fire or explosion) that may
endanger human health or the environment; and
V7.E5.5.2. In writing, if the initial report was telephonic, within 5 days from the time the
installation or responsible activity becomes aware of any unpermitted or uncontrolled detonation,
release, discharge, or migration of waste military munitions out of any ASU (e.g., loss or theft, or
as a result of fire or explosion) that may endanger human health or the environment. Follow-up
reports to the DoD Component and the DDESB are required only when pertinent information,
which was not previously reported, becomes known. Such reports, to include a report of
investigation, shall comply with the requirements of Volume 1, Enclosure 4.
V7.E5.6.1.4. The Certificate of Closure must state, at a minimum, that each of the
explosives safety requirements in Enclosure 11 of Volume 1 of this Manual have been met and
that waste military munitions and residues are removed in such a manner as to protect the public
and the environment consistent with the planned use of the ASU and the property.
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V7.E5.6.2. When an ASU that stored waste military munitions under CE is permanently
taken out of service for the storage of waste military munitions, but is to continue in service for
the storage of non-waste military munitions, installations and responsible activities shall ensure
that waste military munitions and residues are removed.
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ENCLOSURE 6
MPPEH
V7.E6.1. SCOPE. This enclosure establishes explosives safety standards for MPPEH that
supplement guidance provided in DoD Instruction 4140.62 (Reference (m)). These standards are
intended to protect personnel and property from unintentional exposure to potential explosive
hazards associated with material (including waste material) being managed or transferred within
or released from DoD control.
V7.E6.2. FUNCTIONS
V7.E6.2.1. The Heads of the DoD Components shall establish criteria that may be risk-based
to determine and document whether a receiver, either a DoD Component or non-DoD entity, is
qualified to receive, manage, and process MPPEH through its release from DoD control. These
criteria shall be coordinated with the DDESB and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Logistics and Materiel Readiness.
V7.E6.2.2. The DDESB shall develop, through its coordination processes, specific ESM
procedures and standards for determining the explosives safety status of material and for
processing MPPEH through its release from DoD control. The requirements of Reference (m)
and other DoD issuances will be synchronized with these ESM procedures and standards.
V7.E6.3.1. Control
V7.E6.3.1.1. MPPEH shall be controlled and managed (e.g., sorted, segregated, stored,
secured) to prevent its unauthorized use, transfer or release, and to protect personnel and
property from uncontrolled exposures to potential explosive hazards.
V7.E6.3.1.2. Prior to its transfer within the Department of Defense or release from DoD
control, personnel certified by the responsible authority (e.g., installation commander) as
technically qualified to act as signatories in determining the material’s explosives safety status
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shall document, in writing, that the material’s characterization as safe (i.e., MDAS) or
explosively hazardous (i.e., MDEH) is proper IAW the requirements in Reference (l).
V7.E6.3.2. Siting
V7.E6.3.2.1.1. An ES, at not less than intraline distance from surrounding PESs.
V7.E6.3.2.1.2. A PES, when the MPPEH has not been documented as having an
explosives safety status of safe (i.e., MDAS) or when the material has been documented as an
explosive hazard (i.e., MDEH).
V7.E6.3.2.3. The hazard classification and NEWQD shall be based upon characteristics
of the type material involved, its packaging arrangement (if packaged), and the estimated or, if
known, calculated amount of explosives potentially present.
V7.E6.3.3.1. Containers and holding areas for material being processed shall be secured
and clearly marked as to the explosive hazard, if any that may be present.
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GLOSSARY
BIP blow-in-place
CA chemical agent
CE conditional exemption
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CSS chemical safety submission
CWM chemical warfare material
EC engineering control
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
ES exposed site
ESM explosives safety management
ESQD explosives safety quantity-distance
ESS explosives safety submission
ft foot or feet
FUDS formerly used defense site
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kg kilogram
kPa kilopascal
m meter
m3 cubic meter
MCE maximum credible event
MDAS material documented as safe
MDEH material documented as an explosive hazard
MEC munitions and explosives of concern
MFD maximum fragment distance
mg milligram
MGFD munition with the greatest fragmentation distance
MPPEH material potentially presenting an explosive hazard
MR Munitions Rule
MRA munitions response area
MRC multiple round container
MRS munitions response site
MSD minimum separation distance
OB open burning
OD open detonation
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